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NASA is preparing to 3D print lunar habitats, using advanced robotic construction and lunar soil to build structures that can ...
Learn how laser tech, 3D printing & bio-materials are reshaping off-Earth construction for lunar & Martian habitats.
In January, World Monuments Fund (WMF) included the moon on its 2025 World Monuments Watch because of potential for new explorers and exploiters to damage it and its “over 90 historic sites and ...
When Frank Sinatra popularized “Fly Me to the Moon,” he was probably envisioning a trip up on NASA’s Apollo Lunar Module, which to date is the only lander to deposit humans on the rocky ...
Utah State University researchers, led by Dr. Stephen Whitmore, are developing hybrid rocket motors. These motors use clean, non-toxic fuels for Artemis missions, differing from Apollo's approach ...
Recreating the Lunar Landing The NASA Marshall Space Flight Center scientists are recreating not just the type of exhaust the SpaceX and Blue Origin vehicles create but also the lunar conditions. Utah ...
NASA’s new rocket tests blast through simulated lunar dust, revealing secrets crucial for landing Artemis astronauts and reaching Mars safely. Credit: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center NASA is ...
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center experts in Huntsville, Alabama, are conducting crucial tests for a safe lunar landing. They have been firing a 14-inch 3D-printed hybrid rocket motor ...
Another experiment, Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder, flung four sensors, each a little smaller than a soup can, in directions at 90-degree angles to one another (like north, south, east and west on ...
It's set to arrive on the lunar surface around 12:32 p.m. ET Thursday thanks to a ride on Athena, the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission lander, which launched to the moon from Kennedy Space Center ...
Pictured: A replica of the 3D-printed case that holds Lonestar's lunar data center. At sunrise and sunset on the moon, the shell will cast two distinct shadows, forming silhouettes of Apollo astronaut ...
Its 3D-printed VR-900 motor was the first methane/oxygen-fueled engine ever fired in deep space when it was lit on the IM-1 mission in February 2024. Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander stands on ...